The left arm of Sati — the Goddess Bahula (the Abundant), on the Ajay river plains of Bardhaman district.
Bahula Peetha at Ketugram in Bardhaman district, WB, marks where the left arm of Sati fell. The Goddess is Bahula — "the Abundant/Manifold" — representing the many-armed, many-powered nature of the Goddess. The Bhairav is Bhiruk. The name Bahula suggests abundance in both physical and spiritual dimensions — the many arms of the Goddess pointing simultaneously in all directions, offering protection and grace to all.
The Ajay river valley in which Ketugram sits is the same landscape as Kendubihari — birthplace of the 12th-century poet Jayadeva, author of the Gita Govinda. The landscape of rippling paddy fields, mango orchards and riverside ghats that shaped Jayadeva's sensuous devotional poetry is the same landscape that surrounds this Peetha.
By road from Bardhaman: 35 km. Nearest railway: Burdwan Station (35 km) on the Howrah-Delhi main line.
October to March. Combine with Kankalitala Peetha (waist of Sati, also in Bardhaman) for two Peethas in one trip.
Local buses connect Bardhaman with Ketugram. A hired taxi from Bardhaman is the most convenient option for the circuit.
The Left Arm of Goddess Sati fell at Bahula, consecrating this land as a Shakti Peetha. The Shakti here is Goddess Bahula and the guardian Bhairav is Bhiruk.
One of the 51 sacred Shakti Peethas — explore its unique significance in the divine circuit.
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